Low Sperm Count and IUI Success?

KMD1106 · December 2012

Hi Ladies,

I'm new to the bump in general, but have been spending most of my time at TTTC. DH and I have been ttc for over a year and a half and had our first IUI this morning. The RE said his sperm count was considered low today, it was 14 million and motility was good, but she didn't really say how that affects our chance of success. I'm wondering if any of you have insight to share about this. Any BFP stories with low sperm count would be great to hear as well!

Thanks for any input!

BabyKsMommy · December 2012

My dh had low sperm count which was caused my low testocerone. His was fixed by taking clomid. We did have success with our second iui, which they didn't give us an exact count but just said it was low.

Our first iui the sperm count was 147 million and it was a bfn. So you never know what's going to work or not.

Have you done any SAs? Was the count ever low on those? It could just be an off day. 14 mill isn't that low. My DH had as low as less than a mill. His highest ever was 6 mill without medication. Hope it works for you.

imoverit · December 2012

From what I have researched they say that 5 to 10 mil has some success while anything over 15 mil has a better success rate. 14 mil does not seem low to me. GL.

KMD1106 · December 2012

BabyKsMommy:
My dh had low sperm count which was caused my low testocerone. His was fixed by taking clomid. We did have success with our second iui, which they didn't give us an exact count but just said it was low. Our first iui the sperm count was 147 million and it was a bfn. So you never know what's going to work or not. Have you done any SAs? Was the count ever low on those? It could just be an off day. 14 mill isn't that low. My DH had as low as less than a mill. His highest ever was 6 mill without medication. Hope it works for you.

Thanks for the well wishes! His first SA was over 100 million, but we didn't have sex for 4 days before the SA. This time we had sex the night of the trigger ,then didn't yesterday, and then IUI today. I'm wondering if we should abstain for longer next month if we have to do another IUI. FX that we won't have to consider that!

jesselayne8 · December 2012

KMD1106:
BabyKsMommy:
My dh had low sperm count which was caused my low testocerone. His was fixed by taking clomid. We did have success with our second iui, which they didn't give us an exact count but just said it was low. Our first iui the sperm count was 147 million and it was a bfn. So you never know what's going to work or not. Have you done any SAs? Was the count ever low on those? It could just be an off day. 14 mill isn't that low. My DH had as low as less than a mill. His highest ever was 6 mill without medication. Hope it works for you.

Thanks for the well wishes! His first SA was over 100 million, but we didn't have sex for 4 days before the SA. This time we had sex the night of the trigger ,then didn't yesterday, and then IUI today. I'm wondering if we should abstain for longer next month if we have to do another IUI. FX that we won't have to consider that!

Your hubby's SA was a "prewash" value vs IUI count is a post wash count. During the wash they spin out the dead and suboptimal sperms so that the best sperm are used for the IUI. DH's post wash counts were usually only 15-20% of the total prewash count.

Saraevh · December 2012

I have a daughter as a result of a Clomid and IUI cycle with exactly 14 mil motile sperm post wash! Good Luck!

KMD1106 · December 2012

Saraevh:
I have a daughter as a result of a Clomid and IUI cycle with exactly 14 mil motile sperm post wash! Good Luck!

Yay! Thanks for sharing.

ChattyCathy81 · December 2012

Just to give you some hope... I'm currently 4 weeks along after an IUI with a post-wash count of 5 mill and 50% motility.

It can happen.

ChicagoWeded2007 · December 2012

If he has had great numbers before, it was probably just an off day, plus it was post wash numbers. And 14 million post wash is fine. That's definitely enough to work. I had 27 million for our iui and only 2 follies and we got a bfp. Good luck and let us know!

KMD1106 · December 2012

ChattyCathy81:
Just to give you some hope... I'm currently 4 weeks along after an IUI with a post-wash count of 5 mill and 50% motility.

It can happen.

Congrats! Thanks for the response, it does give me hope.

KMD1106 · December 2012

ChicagoWeded2007:
If he has had great numbers before, it was probably just an off day, plus it was post wash numbers. And 14 million post wash is fine. That's definitely enough to work. I had 27 million for our iui and only 2 follies and we got a bfp. Good luck and let us know!

Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to be on the Success side of TTTC soon. Trying to stay positive, but I don't want to get my hopes up too much. I know it doesn't often happen with the first IUI.

ChicagoWeded2007 · December 2012

How many follies?

KMD1106 · December 2012

ChicagoWeded2007:
How many follies?

When I went in 2 days before IUI, I had potentially 3 follies. They measured 14, 20, and 21. They were on both sides. I'm pretty sure I ovulated on the day of the IUI as well because I had a lot of ewcm that day.

ChicagoWeded2007 · December 2012

Great! Good luck.

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